“ He spent much time and trouble on the details of the Post Office Savings Bank, the practice which he greatly simplified and assisted.
But Sir Robert Hunter was not only a faithful servant of the State, within the limits of his professional responsibility, but, in the larger sense, an eminent servant of the people. Few of those who enjoy the great stretches of common land through England are conscious of the debt they owe to the group of able men whose action 40 years ago saved them for the nation. ”

“ The work that was to be done can hardly be described as the vindication of a public right, for in strictness no public right existed. To secure the commons for the enjoyment of the public it proved in practice sufficient to show that they were not the exclusive possession of the lord of the manor. ”

“ In politics Sir Robert was a robust thoughtful Liberal of the older type. As a speaker he was admirably clear and direct, articulate but not rhetorical, relying far more on the persuasive forced of exact statement than an appeals to emotion. ”